Carla Leitao Chair at ACSA Meeting & Call for Papers
Call for papers deadline: October 5, 2016; Annual Meeting: March 23-25, 2017 Carla Leitao to Chair “Addressability” Topic at ACSA Annual Meeting & Call for Papers Lecturer Carla Leitao of the Rensselaer School of Architecture will be joined by Ed Keller of Parsons The New School for Design in chairing the Addressability topic at the upcoming Association […]
[recent lecture] STELARC
Mon May 2nd – Theater STELARC: “The Involuntary, the Automated and the Uncanny: Zombies, Cyborgs and Chimeras”_ STELARC (Stelios Arcadiou) is an Australian performance artist, born in Limassol, island of Cyprus. After moving to Australia, he studied Arts and Craft at T.S.T.C., Art and Technology at CAUTECH and M.R.I.T., Melbourne University. Stelarc has taught Art […]
Career Development
NAAB Career Development Information Our School of Architecture provides a variety of opportunities for students to explore career paths, meet with prospective employers, and engage in internships: Rensselaer’s Center for Career and Professional Development (CCPD) offers comprehensive career planning and counseling to all students, including resume writing, successful interviewing techniques, and assistance with job seeking. […]
Spring 2017 Lecture Series
Höweler + Yoon; Kunlé Adeyemi; William Horgan (Grimshaw Partners); Marcelo Spina (P-A-T-T-E-R-N-S); Pezo von Ellrichshausen; and Rick Joy. All events start 6:00pm at EMPAC. 110 8th Street / Troy, NY 12180. Admission is free.
Kallipoliti Awarded Honorable Mention at Shenzhen Biennale
Assistant Professor Lydia Kallipoliti was awarded Honorable Mention for her seven city manifestos by the independent jury of the UABB Shenzhen Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism 2015. As part of the Bi-City Biennale of Architecture & Urbanism held in Shenzhen, China, Kallipoliti presented the project “Autonomy & Autodigestion”. She is also served as an invited panelist […]
SoA Faculty @ ACSA Conference
Faculty News: BETWEEN THE AUTONOMOUS & THE CONTINGENT OBJECT. SoA faculty Lonn Combs, Lydia Kallipoliti, Stefano Passeri, and Chris Perry will participate in the forthcoming ACSA Fall Conference at Syracuse University, October 8-10: More information about the debate here
Gustavo Crembil at FUSE Festival (Vancouver)
Faculty News: GUSTAVO CREMBIL HIGHLIGHTED AT FUSE FESTIVAL / ISEA’15 (VANCOUVER). On Saturday August 15th at the renowned Vancouver Art Gallery, Associate Professor Gustavo Crembil (RPI/SoA) and collaborating artist Paula Gaetano Adi (RISD) presented a new version of TZ’IJK, their “mestizo robot” prototype, in an outdoor exhibition co-organized by FUSE, a wildly popular festival where art, music and performance collide, […]
RPI Students Help Public Art project win $1 million grant
Student News: RPI Students Help “Breathing Lights” win $1,000,000 Grant. The Lighting Research Center‘s collaborative installation project “Breathing Lights“ proposes to illuminate nearly 350 vacant homes in Albany, Schenectady, and Troy nightly over two months in fall 2016 to regenerate interest in once-vibrant neighborhoods that currently have high vacancy rates. It is one of four projects nationwide to receive a $1 […]
Prof. Lonn Combs finalist at FIU competition
Faculty News: Lonn Combs finalist for “Emerging Architects Initiative” competition. Assistant Professor and Director of the M.Arch I Program Lonn Combs, Principal of Easton + Combs, is among five finalist for Florida International University’s “Emerging Architects Initiative” installation at the FIU Modesto A. Maidique Campus in Miami. The installation is to be housed at the Paul […]
S15 Positions Series #1:
On Tectonics
Sat Feb 7h, 1pm @ Greene Gallery: “ON TECTONICS”_ This forthcoming Saturday, February 7th, 2015, the Rensselaer Positions Series will host its first event of the spring, “On Tectonics,” in the Greene Gallery. RPI alumni and faculty member Demetrios Comodromos will join architecture students Victoria Bell (B.Arch.) and Joseph Daniele (B.Arch.) for a set of […]